09.10.2008

JLG confirms Hatch as VP Engineering

JLG has confirmed that Tim Hatch will take over as vice president engineering on the retirement of Wayne MacDonald. Click here for report Wayne MacDonald to retire
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Tim Hatch

Hatch has over 27 years experience in global engineering, project management and manufacturing, he started his career with the Ford Motor Company in the U.K, moving up the ladder in the production and engineering areas. He later moved to vice president engineering & manufacturing for Wagon Engineering, and Prior to joining JLG, he was the executive director – programme management and platform engineering for Magna Closures.

He joined JLG in February 2008 as vice president of value engineering where he focused on employing lean principles in the design, manufacturing, remanufacturing and service of JLG products.

Craig Paylor, JLG president, said: “Since 1975, Wayne MacDonald has been a key member of the JLG family and instrumental to our success. He has distinguished himself as an engineer, a visionary in innovation and as a strong business leader. Wayne’s commitment to customer focus, product innovation and continuous improvement has been instrumental in establishing and strengthening our global leadership position in the access industry. I would like to express my sincere gratitude to Wayne for all that he has done in leading our organization, and the many enjoyable years we have spent building a great company together.”
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Wayne MacDonald

“While we will surely miss Wayne, I’m particularly pleased to be able to announce that Tim Hatch has been promoted to lead our engineering, new product and technology development, and testing and validation activities. Tim brings unique, strong expertise in lean engineering, designing for manufacturability and new product development to JLG which will prove critical as we continue to develop products for traditional and emerging markets.”